[afnog] Fw: Domain Object

[Brian Candler]

On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 10:17:08AM +0100, Joe Ndidi Onwubuya wrote:
> domain:            64.100.212.in-addr.arpa
> descr:               Reverse lookup for the above IP Address
> admin-c:           JO638-RIPE
> tech-c:              JO638-RIPE
> zone-c:             JO638-RIPE
> nserver:            ns.cybaaspace.net
> nserver:            ns.skannet.com
> mnt-by:            CYBERSPACE
> changed:          ndidi at cybaaspace.net
> source:             RIPE
> password:        XXXXXXXX

Errm, you need to change your password now that you've posted it to this
public forum which will be archived on a website somewhere :-)

Anyway,

$ dig +norec @ns.cybaaspace.net. 64.100.212.in-addr.arpa. soa
$ dig +norec @ns.skannet.com. 64.100.212.in-addr.arpa. soa

Almost there - you are giving authoritative answers to those queries.
However, a problem I can see is that within the zone file you have listed
four NS records, although you have asked RIPE for delegation to only two
servers:

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
64.100.212.in-addr.arpa. 86400  IN      NS      ns.skannet.com.
64.100.212.in-addr.arpa. 86400  IN      NS      ns.cybaaspace.net.
64.100.212.in-addr.arpa. 86400  IN      NS      ns1.cybaaspace.net.
64.100.212.in-addr.arpa. 86400  IN      NS      ns1.interpacket.net.

You need to make the delegation consistent with the NS records. Furthermore,
ns1.interpacket.net is NOT authoritative for the zone (try
"dig +norec @ns1.interpacket.net. 64.100.212.in-addr.arpa. soa")

So you can either remove ns1.interpacket.net from the NS records, or get it
configured as a slave and include it in the 'nserver' request to RIPE.

That's the DNS side; perhaps someone else can comment on the format of the
auto-dbm request, although it looks pretty reasonable to me. 'descr' should
really be the name of your organisation I think, but that shouldn't affect
things. I also think 'changed:' should have the date on it, i.e.
changed:        ndidi at cybaaspace.net 20050202

Regards,

Brian.